about the artist
Kip Fulbeck is the author of Part Asian, 100% Hapa: Portraits by Kip
Fulbeck (Chronicle Books, 2006) and Paper Bullets: A Fictional
Autobiography (University of Washington Press, 2001), as well as the
director of a dozen award-winning short films including Banana Split
and Lilo & Me. His work has been exhibited in over 20 countries and
throughout the U.S.,and is currently featured in a solo exhibition at the
Japanese
American National Museum located in Los Angeles. He is currently
Professor of Art at the University of California, Santa Barbara.
Horitaka (Takahiro
Kitamura) is the author of several books on tattooing, including
Tattooing from Japan to the West (Schiffer Publishing, 2004) and
Tattoos of the Floating World: Ukiyo-E Motifs in Japanese Tattoo
(KIT Publishers, 2003). He is the owner and senior tattooist at State of
Grace Tattoo in San Jose, and an apprentice of the world-renown tattoo
master Horiyoshi III of Yokohama, Japan.